This promises to be another engrossing battle at Allianz Field in the Major League Soccer. Minnesota United is in 3rd place and welcome Seattle Sounders in 11th position. Learn more about the game here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both squads have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's wish for an energetic game!
Minnesota United form and stats
Only two Major League Soccer home games for Minnesota United so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Dayne St Clair not having conceded a league goal in 265 minutes.
A nice win for Minnesota last time playing, versus SJ Earthquakes. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Amarilla scoring for the victors. Amarilla, a striker, was the top performer for the side in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.44 (out of 10). Amarilla scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Before that match, a win away at New York RB.This is expected to be a close game, with Minnesota United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Minnesota United as a small favourite), we find seven games. Minnesota United has won three of these, drawn two and lost two.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Minnesota United at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for Seattle Sounders with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Austin (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Sounders in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Seattle Sounders, two draws and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting New York City in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Seattle Sounders has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: one win for Minnesota United, one draw and eight wins for Seattle Sounders. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Amarilla Lencina 2 goals | R. Lod 1 goals |  H. Dotson 1 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Seattle Sounders missing players
| Minnesota United | Seattle Sounders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 13.5 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 24% | 22% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 10% | 25% |
| 14 | 9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 17.5 | 14.8 |
| 3.5 | 1 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6 | 4.8 |
| Minnesota United | Last season | Seattle Sounders | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 25 | 53 | ||
| 47 | 14 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 71% | 65% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 74% | ||
| 49% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 46% | ||
| 31% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 17% | ||
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 51% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 54% | ||
| 31% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 31% | ||
| 23% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.5 | 16.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | ||
| 12.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Austin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 5 | Dallas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Sporting KC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Nashville SC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 1 |
